This gem provides a basic Ruby wrapper for the Hexillion Whois API. It is largely based on the Quova gem by Chris Corbyn.
gem install hexillion
The core class is Hexillion::Client. Create a new instance, passing in your Hexillion API
username and password:
hex = Hexillion::Client.new(:username => 'MYUSERNAME', :password => 'MYPASSWORD')
Then, use the whois method on the instance to query Whois records for a given domain:
hex.whois('example.com')
The return value is a hash with all the Whois data returned by the API.
The official maintainer of this Gem, Flippa.com is no way affiliated with, nor representative of Hexillion. This code is provided free of charge and shall be used at your own risk.
Copyright (c) 2011 Flippa.com Pty. Ltd.